"Dear Lizzy: I know this might sound weird, but can I have your voice? Yeah I know it would be strange if a guy sang so pretty, but I promise I'll only use it in the interest of good (you'll never hear it in a Starbucks). So, if you're feeling up to it, as soon as you're done playing at the Songwriter Showcase, we'll just conduct a simple operation replacing your vocal chords with mine – don't worry, it'll only hurt a little.

It's really not fair that you sing so well. You probably stole your voice from someone else, because on 'Pawn Shop Blues' you seem to have a wounded soul beyond your years. Yes, there's some nice vibrato, but I'm not attracted to technically brilliant vocals – I'm moved simply by emotion. It's one thing to have a five octave range, but quite another to sing from the heart. Forty notes without feeling are as good as nothing.

There are many other things about a performer that can make him/her unique, but these days I'm a sucker for a singer-songwriter with both a beautiful and expressive voice - maybe I've just been listening to too much Joni Mitchell. Regardless, I can't wait to get drunk on your melancholy melodies at Laila Lounge. Is that wrong? If it is, I do not want to be right.

-Dan D.